Bulletstorm; Worst game ever made!
polycounter lvl 13
(title not serious, don't murder me, I love you PCF)
Look at me, I'm a tabloid headline, anyway Fox News is being Fox News again, and we don't have a main Bulletstorm thread as far as I searched. And we ought to have one, since this awesome game is coming out in just 13 days.
So, this is Bulletstorm:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XjOkuPcqM0[/ame]
You guys hyped for it? Do you find the violence and named skillshots to induce thoughts of rape?
Personally I loved Painkiller and I'm really looking forward to a non serious/real (story and setting wise) where the focus seems to be on fun gameplay and kick-ass visuals.
As for Fox: I wish I could live in a world where mentioning/writing something could induce an action related too it. I'd run around saying/writing "poop" in the middle of sentences all day.
Look at me, I'm a tabloid headline, anyway Fox News is being Fox News again, and we don't have a main Bulletstorm thread as far as I searched. And we ought to have one, since this awesome game is coming out in just 13 days.
So, this is Bulletstorm:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XjOkuPcqM0[/ame]You guys hyped for it? Do you find the violence and named skillshots to induce thoughts of rape?
Personally I loved Painkiller and I'm really looking forward to a non serious/real (story and setting wise) where the focus seems to be on fun gameplay and kick-ass visuals.
As for Fox: I wish I could live in a world where mentioning/writing something could induce an action related too it. I'd run around saying/writing "poop" in the middle of sentences all day.
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is it a glitch lol??
but seriously i was SOOO mad this demo was so short. the game is immense, i wanted to keep playing. ive just seen a new video with more weapons, it keeps getting better. there's a bunch of guys from PCF on here too right?? this is the type of game you play when your lecturer gives you a 3rd lol(which in my case is EVERYDAY because i refuse to learn Flash/board games lol)
Fox News is full of fail. they dont even know where Egypt is lol. Then there's Glenn Beck who's always talking about "going to washington" to demand change lol
Also looks like we might be getting a PC demo :0
Parents with kids as young as 9 should not let them play such games.
There, problem solved.
I know right? Thank you Fox news for the free advertising!
Don't people know that if you do this you just put more light onto the subject. Oh god GTA4 is gonna be so bad. Millions rush out to buy it.
OH MY GOD 2 LIVE CREW ARE THE ANTICHRIST!!!
Everyone buys the stupid cds to hear what the fuss is about.
Way to go media...
Dummies.
You can have a massive kick-party.
Anyway, this shit looks sick
POP THE PUSSSY HEEEEEEEYYY! POP THAT PUSSY BABY!!
hahah this game is gonna be sick, loved the demo, looks like a gorgeous use of color and destruction. thumbs up to all the polycounters who worked on it!
The gore that follows is nothing more than eye candy.
Does that make any sense? Hope so.
I think that thats enough proof to show people that is it possible to limit your kids exposure to violent content.
Also, I think it SHOULD be illegal (and a federal crime) for a store clerk to sell M rated games to minors.
That won't stop the popular 'mommy buy it plz' workaround.
this is so luls
And BorisK, it IS hard to shoot someone in the crotch, if you flail them first then its alot easier, + you get the extra points for sadist ^^ (also makes it alot easier to shoot them in the ass, heh.)
Plz?
i don't like this trend at all. it just looks stupid.
are todays gamers now even to lazy to walk inside a video game? :P
one word: fun
What sounds better?
"I'm going to walk up to this enemy person and shot him in the face using my iron sight to kill him, RANK UP!"
or
"I'm going to slide at the speed of light into his shins unloading buckshots into his crotch, while drunk and on fire."
That said, I have not seen this game anywhere on Steam yet
"Son, there's no EA in sTeam. Oh wait..."
I think before we go celebrating the restriction of a storytelling medium from kids we should probably ask ourselves why were doing it.
I'm part of what you would probably call the Internet generation, as a kid I played a great variety of games from half life too TOCA Touring Car Championship and I highly doubt any of them have had a significant effect on the way I act what with me being probably less violent than the rest of my peer group (I'm not an impartial observer :poly124: ).
I think the main problem with the "kids who play violent video games are more violent" is the failure to take into account outside factors such as attention and support given to the kids. For instance parents who are to say "worse parents" would pay little attention to there kids or what they are playing where as I was brought up by relatively average parents with a much more liberal attitude towards "adult content" in media than most.
The thing I would also like to ask you is whether it was a specifically a game thing or where you stopped from watching non educational TV till 12 because otherwise all your doing is deferring the violence experienced to another medium therefore mooting any supposed gain.
This is the same generation who on average (UK statistics) sees there first bit of porn at 13, I do not think a little sexual innuendo will cause them to be left soleless fuckzombies.
I think.
Sometimes I get this thing where my eyelids twitch and I see dead people.
But that's normal.
But did anybody else get the feeling that the main character in Bulletstorm sounds a lot like this guy??
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http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/09/churnalism-fox-news-selective-quoting/
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.html
The fact is, violence is perpetrated by insane idiots, doesn't matter if your influence is a video game, the bible, or WATCHING THE NEWS. Crazy people do crazy things.
I also agree with clerks selling violent games to young kids to be penalized. It might not be their job to parent the kids of some ignorent mother, but damn, if you know its a violent game, dont sell it to kids man! would you sell alcohol to kids? the ADULT sticker is not placed on a box because its pretty.
I also think that the current rating is over the top. I mean if I create a game that has cartoon violence, its 12+ I can't remember them putting a sticker on bugs bunny cartoons and only sell it to kids that are 12 years and older. Also mario has cartoon violence, but those games are rated 3+ clearly being nintendo gives you the right to bend the rules.
oh and to not fully derail this topic.
Bulletstorm looks awesomly fun! the duke nukem track really creamed the pie.
Parent's these days want to blame other outside influences over their own crappy parenting for their kid's problems. Bad Grades? Oh.. must be ADD. Talks back to you? MTV! Drugs?! RAP MUSIC. It's infuriating. I went to my old grade school the other day to say hi to some old teachers and they said they banned dodge ball so no one gets hurt. My girlfriend's mom doesn't allow their 7 year old son to play outside or do what we did when we were kids. Like ride bikes or hit eachother in the face with pine cones. I legit worry about whats going to happen when these new breed of leashed kids become adults and need to contribute to society.
http://www.mykmart.com/mykmart_blog/Bulletstorm
Man, I need this game yesterday, Just, So, Damn, Hyped. I had to make myself stop playing the demo on 360 so I wouldn't get tired of the game :poly142:
Wall of text incoming!!
On the subject of censorship, I USED to believe censorship in all its forms was bad, but then I grew up. I got kids in my life now, my niece and nephews. There's a vast amount of things I'd prefer they didn't see. A Serbian Film being VERY high on that list. Hell that movie was too mature for me (I'm 35 btw). But I also recognize that censorship, and warning people about what they're about to see/hear/experience, are two different things.
Warning people should be up to another group, away from parents, to let those parents know what's up. Censorship should be the parents job for THEIR KIDS alone. It's up the ESRB, to tell the parent what's in the game their kids about to play. It's up to the parent to decide whether or not their kid should be playing that game.
Problem is, parents these days have a tendency to wanna be their kids "bestest friend" and not their parent. There's also a tendency to let the Xbox not only baby sit, but raise their kids, cause they're too god damn lazy to do it themselves.
On the topic of stores selling games to minors, I'm for carding. When I bought Alan Wake at Target, the clerk "Had to see (my) ID. Sorry, store policy" Then he saw the game's rated T, and NOTHING about me says "teenager". We had a laugh over it, I gave him money, he gave me a game, and I left. Carding is not a big deal, so I honestly don't know why all stores don't do it, if for no other reason than just covering their own asses.
That's just my thoughts on it. I could be wrong.
Humm interesting as if the parents of a grown adult have any influence over the choices of their grown child after they turn 18 and leave the nest...
My parents stopped influencing my game purchases about the time I was able to buy such games. Coincidence?
Well it's not rupert murdoch's opinion you're seeing in fox news. He doesn't seem to care as long as the programming makes money. In the past he's backed politicians who have very left leaning policies. So he doesn't seem to be explicitly right-wing. If anything I'd guess that he's deliberatly presenting two opposing views so the controversy makes him more money.
http://www.destructoid.com/-games-cause-rape-psychologist-s-book-gets-raped-193705.phtml?s=100#comments
Sad to say I pre-ordered the game on steam about a week or so ago, but after noticing that every other digital retailer sells it for cheaper, with pre-order extras and release it on the 22nd, I've since cancelled my Steam Pre-order.
I hope to get a quick reply and a refund from steam, honestly not sure if I'm getting the game now, it looks great visually and offers some genuinely fun ways to dispose of enemies.
But everything about it so far has been incredibly console centric (no problem with that, it's where the money is after all) I kind of feel shafted when I have to pay full retail console game price for a digital PC purchase, and get nothing extra for it, unlike console gamers. (and no I don't get FPS games on consoles if there is a PC version :P M/KB = unbeatable.
Anyone else pre-ordered/tried the full thing yet?
I'll wait for the PC demo and see what I do from there. Good luck with the launch PCF, hope the reviews are glowing and the sales reflect your work